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An American intelligence officer's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him.
Edward, the only witness to his father's suicide and a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.… (plus d'informations)
Questa è l'inedita storia della nascita della CIA. Edward Wilson, un patriota che conosce il significato e il valore della parola segretezza, e che ha fatto della discrezione la sua ragione di vita, nel 1939, quando era ancora un bravo e sensibile studente che frequentava l'università di Yale, era stato scelto per entrare a far parte della società segreta degli Skull and Bones, una sorta di confraternita molto chiusa il cui obiettivo è produrre i futuri leader mondiali. Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, il giovane idealista viene assunto presso l'Ufficio Servizi Strategici (OSS), antesignano della CIA. Essendo uno dei fondatori della CIA, e lavorando nel cuore dell'organizzazione dove la doppiezza è una dote fondamentale e dove nulla è quello che sembra, l'idealismo di Wilson verrà lentamente eroso dalla sua natura sempre più sospettosa che rispecchia un mondo che sta per entrare nella decennale paranoia della Guerra Fredda. La devozione di Wilson verso il suo paese comincia ad esigere un prezzo troppo alto ma né le preoccupazioni crescenti della moglie Margaret Clover, né il suo adorato figlio riusciranno ad allontanarlo da una strada che lo porterà a sacrificare tutto quello che ha per il lavoro... (fonte: amazon)
Goede film, thematiek van goed te willen doen maar klem komen te zitten, niet altijd overzien wat anderen in de zin hebben, beslissingen moeten nemen waar je niet altijd achter staat, over hoe gedrag overgaat van vader op zoon. Zou eigenlijk een halve ster hoger moeten vanwege Matt Damon.
'Good film, themed themes of wanting to do well but being trapped, not overseeing what others have in mind, forced to make decisions that one don't always fully support, about how behavior passes from father to son.
Should actually be a half star higher because of Matt Damon.' ( )
Edward Wilson (Damon) acredita na América e irá sacrificar tudo o que ama para proteger o seu país. Mas enquanto membro fundador da CIA, o idealismo do jovem Edward vai-se desgastando lentamente pela crescente suspeita das pessoas à sua volta. Toda a gente tem segredos... mas será que os de Edward o uso destruir? Com um elenco de luxo que inclui Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton e John Turturro, O BOM PASTOR é uma história épica e fascinante dirigida pelo vencedor de um Oscar® da academia, Robert DeNiro.
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Miriam: You are safe here with me.
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Dr. Fredericks: Get out while you can. While you still believe. While you still have a soul.
Thomas Wilson: Have you ever made up a story, Edward? Told your friends something that you knew wasn't true? And you know that if they found out, they wouldn't like you anymore? Why? Because you lied to them. You understand?
Edward Wilson: And he asked me if I knew what trust was. And I said, "Trust is when you feel safe with someone, like with my friends. Like with you and Mother."
Edward Wilson: And then he said, "Don't ever lie. Cause you lie to your friends they won't trust you. And you will have nothing. And you'll never be safe."
Edward Wilson: He told me to go downstairs and watch the fireworks because they'd started. And then he shut the door.
Edward Wilson: The sound of the gunshot was very different from the sound of the fireworks and even at six years old I knew that was a big, big difference. And there was a lot of blood. And in his left hand he held a note that was sealed.
Edward Wilson: I don't know why, but I took the note and I put it in my pocket. I always said it was an accident. It wasn't an accident. My father killed himself.
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Edward Wilson: [reading] They are right what they say about me. I was weak. A coward. I compromised myself. My honor. My ( family. My country. I am ashamed of myself. To my wife, I am sorry I've done this to you. To my son, I hope you will grow to be a courageous man. A good husband. A good father. I hope whatever you decide to do, you lead a good, full life. I hope whatever your dreams may be come true. Your loving husband and father. ((but het burned the paper with these words)
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An American intelligence officer's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him.
Edward, the only witness to his father's suicide and a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
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